Biography
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Born
25 June 1956
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Born In
New York, New York, United States
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Died
8 June 2018 (aged 61)
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and chef. He is well known for his 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bourdain is also the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a 28-year veteran of professional kitchens, Bourdain is currently a "Chef-at-Large" whose home base is Brasserie Les Halles, where he was executive chef for many years.
Bourdain gained immediate popularity from his 2000 New York Times bestselling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. The book is a witty and rambunctious exposé of the hidden and darker side of the culinary world, and is a memoir of Bourdain's professional life as well.
In 2001, Bourdain followed this with A Cook's Tour, an exotic account of his food and travel exploits across the world, written in conjunction with his first television series. He has also published The Nasty Bits, another collection of exotic, provocative, and humorous anecdotes and essays centered around food, and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. His additional books include two culinary mysteries, Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, and a hypothetical historical investigation, Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical.
Bourdain's articles and essays have appeared many places, including in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times, The Observer, Gourmet, Maxim, Scotland on Sunday, The Face, Limb by Limb, Black Book, and The Independent. He is also a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine. On the internet, Bourdain's blog for Season 3 of Top Chef was nominated for a Webby Award for best Blog – Cultural/Personal in 2008.
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